Irit Sagi

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
139 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Irit Sagi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Irit Sagi has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Cancer Research and 41 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Irit Sagi's work include Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (45 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (32 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (14 papers). Irit Sagi is often cited by papers focused on Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (45 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (32 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (14 papers). Irit Sagi collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Irit Sagi's co-authors include Lia Addadi, Steve Weiner, Inna Solomonov, Yael Udi, Vishnu Mohan, Alakesh Das, Yael Politi, Moran Grossman, Mark R. Chance and Yael Levi‐Kalisman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Irit Sagi

136 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The extracellular matrix protein agrin promotes heart regeneration in mice

2017 478 citations Elad Bassat, Yael Udi et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irit Sagi Israel	50	2.8k	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	887	139	7.7k
Silvia Blacher Belgium	48	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	419 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	209	7.6k
Tsuneo Saga Japan	48	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	713 0.5×	813 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	300	8.9k
Yuji Yamada Japan	44	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	526 0.4×	809 0.6×	418 0.5×	287	6.6k
Michael Hawkins United States	40	3.3k 1.2×	5.1k 3.2×	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	141	11.0k
Hiroshi Miyamoto United States	59	3.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	920 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	831 0.9×	416	12.0k
Peter V. Hauschka United States	52	4.4k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	736 0.5×	563 0.4×	1.5k 1.7×	102	10.9k
Rainer H. Köhler United States	43	4.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	966 0.7×	571 0.4×	2.0k 2.3×	98	10.1k
Shigeru Kimura Japan	39	1.9k 0.7×	594 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	528 0.4×	616 0.7×	403	7.5k
Jan Grimm United States	48	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	604 0.4×	3.1k 3.5×	139	9.0k
Masahiro Hiraoka Japan	67	3.2k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	725 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	3.3k 3.7×	653	19.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irit Sagi

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Solomonov, Inna, Órit Kollet, & Irit Sagi. (2025). Extracellular matrix and proteolysis: mechanisms driving irreversible changes and shaping cell behavior. FEBS Journal.

Eisenberg, Vasyl, Iris Kamer, Jair Bar, et al.. (2024). Targeting Tumor-Associated Sialic Acids Using Chimeric Switch Receptors Based on Siglec-9 Enhances the Antitumor Efficacy of Engineered T Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 12(10). 1380–1391. 3 indexed citations

Shenoy, Anjana, Hyla Allouche‐Arnon, Irit Rosenhek‐Goldian, et al.. (2024). Proteolytic Vesicles Derived from Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-Infected Macrophages: Enhancing MMP-9-Mediated Invasion and EV Accumulation. Biomedicines. 12(2). 434–434. 1 indexed citations

Shenoy, Anjana, Julia M. Shifman, Takayuki Katoh, et al.. (2024). Mirror‐Image Random Nonstandard Peptides Integrated Discovery (MI‐RaPID) Technology Yields Highly Stable and Selective Macrocyclic Peptide Inhibitors for Matrix Metallopeptidase 7. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(8). e202414256–e202414256. 8 indexed citations

Gutman, Hila, Moshe Aftalion, Sharon Melamed, et al.. (2022). Matrix Metalloproteinases Expression Is Associated with SARS-CoV-2-Induced Lung Pathology and Extracellular-Matrix Remodeling in K18-hACE2 Mice. Viruses. 14(8). 1627–1627. 11 indexed citations

Reddy, Puli Chandramouli, Elena Kartvelishvily, Inna Solomonov, et al.. (2020). Differential tissue stiffness of body column facilitates locomotion of Hydra on solid substrates. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 20). 6 indexed citations

Owyong, Mark, Jonathan Chou, Renske J.E. van den Bijgaart, et al.. (2019). MMP9 modulates the metastatic cascade and immune landscape for breast cancer anti-metastatic therapy. Life Science Alliance. 2(6). e201800226–e201800226. 78 indexed citations

Mohan, Vishnu, Assaf Zinger, Ofra Golani, et al.. (2019). Intravital imaging of vascular anomalies and extracellular matrix remodeling in orthotopic pancreatic tumors. International Journal of Cancer. 146(8). 2209–2217. 12 indexed citations

Hananya, Nir, Ofir Press, Alakesh Das, et al.. (2019). Persistent Chemiluminescent Glow of Phenoxy‐dioxetane Luminophore Enables Unique CRET‐Based Detection of Proteases. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(64). 14679–14687. 41 indexed citations

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Afik, Ran, Ehud Zigmond, Mordehay Klepfish, et al.. (2016). Tumor macrophages are pivotal constructors of tumor collagenous matrix. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 213(11). 2315–2331. 268 indexed citations

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Grossman, Moran, Nir Ben‐Chetrit, Alina Zhuravlev, et al.. (2016). Tumor Cell Invasion Can Be Blocked by Modulators of Collagen Fibril Alignment That Control Assembly of the Extracellular Matrix. Cancer Research. 76(14). 4249–4258. 102 indexed citations

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Wong, Eitan, Thorsten Maretzky, Yoav Peleg, Carl Blobel, & Irit Sagi. (2015). The Functional Maturation of A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase (ADAM) 9, 10, and 17 Requires Processing at a Newly Identified Proprotein Convertase (PC) Cleavage Site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(19). 12135–12146. 67 indexed citations

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Sagi, Irit. (2015). Matrix Metalloproteinase Biology. Wiley-Blackwell eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Solomonov, Inna, et al.. (2014). Introduction of correlative light and airSEMTM microscopy imaging for tissue research under ambient conditions. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 5987–5987. 22 indexed citations

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Fragai, Marco, Claudio Luchinat, Enrico Ravera, et al.. (2013). SSNMR of biosilica-entrapped enzymes permits an easy assessment of preservation of native conformation in atomic detail. Chemical Communications. 50(4). 421–423. 35 indexed citations

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Solomonov, Inna, Eduard Korkotian, Benjamin Born, et al.. (2012). Zn2+-Aβ40 Complexes Form Metastable Quasi-spherical Oligomers That Are Cytotoxic to Cultured Hippocampal Neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(24). 20555–20564. 36 indexed citations

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Kikkeri, Raghavendra, Orly Dym, H. Rozenberg, et al.. (2011). Antibodies targeting the catalytic zinc complex of activated matrix metalloproteinases show therapeutic potential. Nature Medicine. 18(1). 143–147. 130 indexed citations

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Politi, Yael, Rebecca A. Metzler, Mike Abrecht, et al.. (2008). Transformation mechanism of amorphous calcium carbonate into calcite in the sea urchin larval spicule. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(45). 17362–17366. 369 indexed citations

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Lewis, Kristin C., et al.. (2008). Inhibition of pectin methyl esterase activity by green tea catechins. Phytochemistry. 69(14). 2586–2592. 65 indexed citations

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Kleifeld, Oded, Philippe E. Van den Steen, Anatoly I. Frenkel, et al.. (2000). Structural Characterization of the Catalytic Active Site in the Latent and Active Natural Gelatinase B from Human Neutrophils. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(44). 34335–34343. 24 indexed citations

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